According to Palestinian officials, about 5,800 people were killed by Israeli air and artillery strikes that followed the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants who invaded Israel, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages.
Israel has told all residents of the northern half of the 28milelong Gaza Strip to move south, but its attacks have leveled districts across the enclave.
As all hospitals run out of fuel to run their generators, doctors warn that vital equipment such as newborn incubators are at risk of being shut down.
The Hamasrun health ministry said 40 medical centers had suspended operations as shelling and displacement put enormous pressure on the system.
The World Health Organization warned that a third of Gaza’s hospitals were not functioning. “We are on our knees demanding this sustained, expanded and protected humanitarian operation,” said Rick Brennan, head of WHO’s regional emergency department.
The private Indonesian hospital, the largest in northern Gaza, said on Tuesday that it had closed all but the last vital departments such as the intensive care unit.